#CE6540#CE6540

#CE6540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.143 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6540
RGB	rgb(206, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 38.84, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 55.59, 45.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.1101 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.143 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0355, 22.8031, 7.6166)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6540 #40A9CE

analogous

#CE4062 #CE6540 #CEAC40

triadic

#CE6540 #40CE65 #6540CE

tetradic

#CE6540 #62CE40 #40A9CE #AC40CE

square

#CE6540 #62CE40 #40A9CE #AC40CE

split-complementary

#CE6540 #40CEAC #4062CE

monochromatic

#75351E #A64B2B #CE6540 #DA8C71 #E7B4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#CE6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#CE6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6540

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6540	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.143 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39376',
    500: '#ce6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6540;
$custom-light: #e39376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.634,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62555,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6540

secondary

#96C4D4

accent

#B9E245

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6540

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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